In bitter divorce battle, Joni Ernst says she declined chance to be Trump’s VP
by Caitlin Yilek
| January 22, 2019 10:50 AM
Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, states in divorce papers that she turned down a chance to be President Trump’s running mate in the 2016 election because she thought her husband “hated any successes I have.â€
The GOP senator, 48, and her husband, Gail, 65, are engaged in a bitter court battle. She claims he assaulted her after she confronted him about his alleged affair with their daughter's babysitter, she wrote in a court filing.
She cites her marriage as reason for passing on the opportunity to be vice president. “Meanwhile, he hated any successes I had and would belittle me and get angry any time I achieved a goal,†she said.
“In the summer of 2016, I was interviewed by Candidate Trump to be vice president of the United States. I turned Candidate Trump down, knowing it wasn’t the right thing for me or my family,†Ernst said in an affidavit.
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